Circuit breakers and custom fuse/relay center along underside of panel

Custom LED-backlit lightplates made from CNC-machined acrylic (still in development)

Custom annunciator panel and sensor board partially integrated with the G3X system (still in development) to surround the GMC307

Custom-designed flap, oil cooler damper, and ram air controllers

Custom nav/strobe/beacon lighting and controllers

All wiring and custom circuitry designed and built in-house

I can't post this without saying avionics and many supplies purchased from SteinAir, Inc. ... as I'm sure everyone here on VAF already knows, they are awesome guys to work with and highly recommended!!!

Holy moly!!! That is impressive! I am curious as to why you chose 2 G5's.

Thanks Todd! Saw some pics of yours in for paint, looking great as well I went with two G5's for two primary reasons, neither of which I'd consider a "must" but I figured hey... we've come this far.

First, one of the primary missions of this panel was to be symmetrical such that a person can fly comfortably as solo PIC from either the right or left seat. The idea here is that Sarah will likely always sit in the right seat, but with the flip of a reversion switch her MFD becomes a PFD, and she can fly solo without having to reach or lean across the cockpit for anything important. There's even a push-to-start button on her side to supplement the key switch which is way over on the left side. So, naturally if a standby EFIS is ever needed, it would be massively difficult to try and fly from the right seat and be looking at the G5 on the far left side of the panel.

Second, the second G5 adds a third AHRS device to the system, serving as a tie-breaker should one begin indicating differing information.

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Nice job. Now get back to that build log! I've had to severely curtail my cyberstalking

I know I know... I should I've really let it go WAY too long, and now I'm behind the power curve and it's going to take a massive amount of time to get it all up to date again. I'll try and maybe make a couple posts to catch a few of the bigger points up in the next few weeks. Appreciate the feedback though, it's good to know I had people watching!

Mike--cool beans! Look forward to seeing you guys at Osh. We won't be at the RV-10 dinner on Sunday as we've decided to go the HBC Beer tasting instead (dang schedule conflicts!) but we'll definitely be at the RV social on Monday.

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